--- title: STD Rates Reach Record High in United States description: Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis increased for the second year in a row, the CDC said canonical: https://time.com/4538891/std-rates-record-high/ author: Abigail Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-20T18:10:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:18:22.736Z article:section: Health og:title: STD Cases Reach a Record High in the U.S. og:description: Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis increased for the second year in a row og:url: https://time.com/4538891/std-rates-record-high/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52e180fad8ffbcb0/6987788d35ba6f0699c06594/condom-sex-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: TIME.com stock photos Condoms Sex og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: STD Cases Reach a Record High in the U.S. twitter:description: Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis increased for the second year in a row twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52e180fad8ffbcb0/6987788d35ba6f0699c06594/condom-sex-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # STD Cases Reach a Record High in the U.S. > Sponsored content. 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This marks the [second year](http://time.com/4116414/stds-hit-record-high/) in a row the rates of these diseases have increased, reversing a previous trend of declining rates. The largest increase came in reported cases of primary and secondary syphilis, which increased 19%, while gonorrhea cases rose by 12.8% and chlamydia cases rose by 5.9% since 2014\. The more than 1.5 million reported cases of chlamydia represent the “highest number of annual cases of any condition ever reported,” according to the CDC. “We have reached a decisive moment for the nation,” Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, said in a statement. Young people and gay and bisexual men face the greatest risk of becoming infected with a STD, according to the CDC report. Americans 15-24 years old accounted for nearly two thirds of chlamydia diagnoses in 2015\. Men who have sex with men accounted for the majority of new gonorrhea cases and the majority of primary and secondary syphilis cases. The CDC said STD testing is vital for people who are sexually active, and the new report includes screening [recommendations](https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/factsheets/std-trends-508.pdf) for women under age 25, pregnant women, and gay and bisexual men. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4538891/std-rates-record-high/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4538891/std-rates-record-high/"},"headline":"STD Cases Reach a Record High in the U.S.","datePublished":"2016-10-20T18:10:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:18:22.736Z","description":"Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis increased for the second year in a row","url":"https://time.com/4538891/std-rates-record-high/","keywords":["Sex/Relationships","STDs","Infectious Disease"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52e180fad8ffbcb0/6987788d35ba6f0699c06594/condom-sex-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abigail Abrams","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52e180fad8ffbcb0/6987788d35ba6f0699c06594/condom-sex-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIME.com stock photos Condoms Sex","caption":"TIME.com stock photos Condoms Sex","creditText":"Elizabeth Renstrom for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/sexrelationships/","name":"Sex/Relationships"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4538891/std-rates-record-high/","name":"STD Cases Reach a Record High in the U.S."}}]}] ```